选修六

　　Unit 2

　　高考提能练

　　阅读理解·组块专练——练速度

　　(限时：35分钟)

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2024·河北省七校联合考试)It was something she had dreamed of since she was five. Finally, after years of training and intensive workouts, Deborah Duffey was going to compete in her first high school basketball game. The goals of becoming an outstanding player and playing college ball were never far from Deborah's mind.

　　The game was against Mills High School. With 1 minute and 42 seconds left in the game, Deborah's team led by one point. A player of Mills had possession of the ball，and Deborah ran to guard against her. As Deborah was running to block the player, her knee went out and she fell down on the court in burning pain. Just like that, Deborah's season was over.

　　After suffering the bad injury, Deborah found that, for the first time in her life, she was in a situation beyond her control. Game after game, she could do nothing but sit on the sidelines watching others play the game that she loved so much.

　　Injuries limited Deborah's time on the court as she hurt her knees three more times in the next five years. She had to spend countless hours in a physical clinic to receive treatment. Her frequent visits there gave her a passion and respect for the profession.

　　And Deborah began to see a new light in her life.

　　Currently as a senior in college, Deborah focuses on getting a degree in physical treatment. After she graduates, Deborah plans to use her knowledge to educate people how to best take care of their bodies and cope_with the feelings of hopelessness that she remembers so well.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了Deborah Duffey是如何从篮球比赛的受伤中获得新生的。

　　1.How did Deborah feel when she first hurt her knee?

　　A．Calm.　B．Confused.

　　C．Ashamed.

　　D．Disappointed.

　　解析：选 D　推理判断题。根据第三段中的“she was in a situation beyond her control. Game after game, she could do nothing

　　but ...

　　loved so much.”可推知，Deborah在第一次膝盖受伤时感到失望，故选D项。

　　2．What is TRUE about Deborah Duffey?

　　A．She didn't play on the court after the injury.

　　B．She injured her knee when she was trying to block a player.

　　C．She knew that she couldn't be a basketball player when she was a child.

　　D．She refused to seek professional assistance to help her recover from her injuries.

　　解析：选B　正误判断题。根据第二段中的“As Deborah ...in burning pain.”可知，Deborah在拦截一个球员时，膝盖受伤了，故选B项。

　　3．What does the underlined phrase “cope with” in the last paragraph most likely mean?

　　A．Put up with.

　　B．Get along with.

　　C．Deal with.

　　D．Come up with.

　　解析：选C　词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段的内容可知，Deborah Duffey 现在正在大学学习物理疗法，毕业后，她打算利用所学的知识教育人们如何照顾身体和处理无助的感觉。deal with“处理”，故选C项。

　　4．What is the best title for this passage?

　　A．A Painful Mistake

　　B．A Great Adventure

　　C．A Lifelong Punishment

　　D．A New Direction in Life

　　解析：选D　标题归纳题。根据文章最后一段可知，Deborah Duffey 现在正在大学学习物理疗法，毕业后，她打算利用所学知识教育人们如何照顾身体和处理无助的感觉，即Deborah 找到了新的人生方向，故选D项。

　　B

　　(2024·江西九江三模)At this very moment you're thirsty and hunting for something to drink.So you start walking towards the drinks machine at school. As you drink you hear your teacher say those frightening words: “Could I see you for a moment in the classroom, please？”

　　You can almost feel your blood pressure rise as you walk to your English class.She's always picking on you. What can it be this time? You think of the test you did last Friday. Now your mind is racing, your heart is pounding，and your forehead is pouring with sweat. In situations like this you will often feel like running away but you may also feel like hitting someone on the nose.

　　Your teacher asks you to go into the class.“Here it comes，” you think. But what you hear is: “Well done. Your test was excellent.” You can hardly believe your ears.

　　Our fight or flight response is designed to protect us from tigers that would have once hidden in the woods around us, threatening our survival. At times when our survival is threatened, there is no greater response to have on our side.When activated, the response causes stress hormones (荷尔蒙) to pump through our body.

　　When we face very real dangers to our survival, it is invaluable. However, few of the “tigers” we face in our lives pose (造成) a serious physical threat to our existence.They cause us no end of stress, triggering (引发) the full activation of our fight or flight response. They tend to cause us to overreact to the situation in a counterproductive way. It is counterproductive to hit someone (the fight response) or run away (the flight response).

　　By recognizing the symptoms，we can begin to take steps to handle the stress overload. By learning to recognize the signals of fight or flight activation, we can avoid reacting excessively (过度地) to events and fears that are not life threatening. In so doing, we use this extra energy to help us, borrowing the beneficial effects in order to change our emotional environment and deal productively with our fears, thoughts and potential dangers.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了人类的应激反应。

　　5．You feel nervous when walking to the classroom because________.

　　A．you broke the school rules

　　B．you failed the test last Friday

　　C．your teacher spoke to you loudly

　　D．your teacher always criticizes you

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“She's always picking on you. What can it be this time？”可知，因为经常被英语老师批评，所以会感到紧张。

　　6．What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

　　A．How our fight or flight response works.

　　B．The power of our fight or flight response.

　　C．The benefits of our fight or flight response.

　　D．How we control our fight or flight response.

　　解析：选A　段落大意题。作者通过一个事例，在第四段引出本文的话题：应激反应。从该段的 “Our fight or flight response is designed to ...When activated, the response causes stress hormones (荷尔蒙) to pump through our body.”可知，本段主要介绍应激反应的工作原理。

　　7．The underlined word “They” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to ________.

　　A．fierce tigers

　　B．real dangers

　　C．dangers we face

　　D．serious physical threats

　　解析：选C　词义猜测题。根据画线词前一句中的“few of the ‘tigers’ we face in our lives pose (造成) a serious physical threat to our existence”及画线词后的“no end of stress ...cause us to overreact”可知，这里的“They”指的是我们遇到的或真或假的危险。

　　8. A good understanding of our fight or flight response can help us ________.

　　A．get rid of unnecessary stress

　　B．face real dangers bravely

　　C．find potential dangers

　　D．take threats seriously

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“By recognizing the symptoms, we can begin to take steps to handle the stress overload.”可知，了解应激反应可以帮我们减少压力。

　　C

　　(2024·江西九校第二次联考)A good deal of fascinating research has been done about the reading patterns of young people, and it is surprising to discover at what an early age children start expressing preferences for particular kinds of books. A recent report, which examined in detail the reading habits of primary school children, showed that even seven-year-old boys and girls have clear views about what they want to read. Girls, in general, read more, and far more girls than boys preferred reading stories. Boys were showing a taste for the more instant appeal of picture stories, or else books about their hobbies.

　　These tastes continue unchanged until the children are teenagers. Apparently girls read more in general, but more fiction in particular. You could say that there are more opportunities for girls to read fiction: magazines encourage the fiction habit in girls in their early teens, and by their late teens they have probably moved on to the adult women's magazines. Teenage boys tend to buy magazines about their hobbies: motorcycles, heavy transport and so on.

　　Adult reading tastes are also the subject of research. Again the number of women who read for pleasure is considerably higher than the number of men. It seems that the majority of women still want love stories. There has also been some analysis of what men actually read. Apparently only 38 percent of men read anything, but 50 percent of what they read is fiction in the form of action-packed (情节起伏跌宕的) stories of space or gunmen.

　　语篇解读：研究表明，孩子的阅读习惯在很早就已形成且保持不变，直到他们长大成为青少年。

　　9．What did the recent research on children's reading show?

　　A．Children begin to read very fast at an early age.

　　B．Children examine in detail what they read at school.

　　C．Children can read clearly in primary school.

　　D．Children form their reading tastes at an early age.

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句“A recent report, which examined in detail the reading habits of primary school children, showed that even seven-year-old boys and girls have clear views about what they want to read.”可知，最近的报告表明，孩子们甚至在七岁的时候就对于他们想要读的书有明确的观点，即在早期，孩子们就形成了他们的阅读喜好，故D项正确。

　　10．If we have a close look at the reading habits of boys and girls we'll find that ________.

　　A．girls are more interested in fiction than boys

　　B．girls are more interested in action-packed stories than boys

　　C．boys read more books than girls

　　D．boys have no interest in fiction

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Apparently girls ...for girls to read fiction”可知，女孩儿更喜欢读小说，故A项正确。

　　11．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　A．boys change their reading tastes more often than girls

　　B．children usually do not change their reading tastes until they grow up

　　C．boys and girls form their reading habits by reading magazines

　　D．people have no definite reading tastes

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第二段的第一句“These tastes continue unchanged until the children are teenagers.”可推知，孩子们的这些读书喜好会保持不变，直到他们的青少年时期，故B项正确。

　　D

　　(2024·陕西省质量检测二)Whether it is elementary school, middle school, or high school in the United States, there will always be an awards ceremony at the end of the year. Though it varies from school to school, there are a few that are given by most schools across the nation.

　　The first one is given from grades 3 to 8 and it is the Honor Roll Award. In elementary and middle school, this award is used to recognize academic excellence. This award is also separated into two groups: A Honor Roll and A/B Honor Roll. It is given out at the end of a school year and students who receive all averages of a 93 or above (90 in some states) on a final report card receive an A Honor Roll, and students with grades above 85 (80 in some states) would receive an A/B Honor Roll. It is to reward students who have worked hard and received all A's or A's and B's.

　　In high school, this is changed a bit, but still can be classified as the same type of award. The difference is that instead of using the scale (等级) of 100, they use a grade point average (GPA) based on a 4 point scale. They recognize students with a high GPA as “Honor Students”. If the student keeps it up for all four years of high school, then they graduate with honors.

　　Another notable award is the President's Award for Educational Excellence. This is given by the President's Education Awards Program each year to students all over the United States. This award is offered to elementary school, middle school and high school students. To be eligible (有资格的) for this award, middle school and elementary school students must earn an average grade of 90 or above on a 109 point scale. High school students must have a GPA of at least 3.5. Students must also have a high score on a statewide or national standardized test or have a recommendation from a teacher. Usually this award is given at the end of the year. It is a certificate with a signature from the president along with a letter of recognition.

　　However, many people confuse the President's Award for Educational Excellence with another award, the US Presidential Scholars Program. Even though both have the word “President” in the title, they are completely different awards. Where the President's Award for Educational Excellence is relatively easy to achieve, the award from the Presidential Scholars Program is not. To earn the honor of being a Presidential Scholar, a student must be a high school senior last year of high school with outstanding standardized test scores.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了美国学校设置的一些奖项以及获得这些奖项需要满足的条件。

　　12．If, in most of the schools in the US, a student in Grade 5 wants to get A Honor Roll, he/she must get at least all averages of a ________.

　　A．93

　　B．85

　　C．90

　　D．80

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第二段第四句中的“and students who receive all averages of a 93 or above (90 in some states) ... receive an A Honor Roll”可知，在美国大多数学校，想要获得A Honor Roll，平均分必须在93分或以上。故答案选A。

　　13．From the passage we know that the students who ________ can graduate with honors.

　　A．keep up the grades of 100 in high school for more than one year

　　B．get averages of 100 in high school for all four years of high school

　　C．get a high GPA in high school for more than one year

　　D．are recognized as “Honor Students” for all four years of high school

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第三段最后两句可知，如果学生能连续四年获得“优秀学生”的称号，就能带着荣誉毕业。故选D。

　　14．If high school students are to win the President's Award for Educational Excellence, which of the following statements should be included?

　　A．An average grade of 90 or above on a 100 point scale.

　　B．A recommendation from a teacher.

　　C．A GPA of at least 3.5 in a national standardized test.

　　D．A high school senior with outstanding standardized test scores.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第四段第五、六句“High school students must have a GPA of at least 3.5. Students must ... have a recommendation from a teacher.”可知，B项为条件之一。

　　15．The best title for this passage may be “________”．

　　A．Awards in elementary and middle schools

　　B．Awards in schools of the United States

　　C．How high schools reward their students

　　D．It's easy to win awards in schools

　　解析：选B　标题归纳题。纵观全文可知，本文讲述的是美国学校设置的一些奖项以及获得这些奖项需要满足的条件。B项能概括文章内容，适合做标题。故选B。

　　Ⅱ.阅读七选五

　　(2024·秦皇岛市高三质检)Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well, let me give you some advice on how to have a healthy relationship with your partners.

　　(1)Be an honest person with them. Don't hide things from them, and don't lie. Don't be afraid to say things that aren't very flattering about yourself. Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. If there's no trust, there's nothing there.__1__